Disaster Risk Reduction

About this series

Disaster risk reduction is a process that leads to the
safety of communities and nations. After
the 2005 World Conference on Disaster Reduction, held in Kobe, Japan, the Hyogo
Framework for Action (HFA) was adopted as a framework for risk reduction. The
academic research and higher education in disaster risk reduction has made, and
continues to make, a gradual shift from pure basic research to applied,
implementation-oriented research. More emphasis is being given to
multi-stakeholder collaboration and multi-disciplinary research. Emerging
university networks in Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas have urged
process-oriented research in the disaster risk reduction field. With this in
mind, this new series will promote the output of action research on disaster
risk reduction, which will be useful for a wide range of stakeholders including
academicians, professionals, practitioners, and students and researchers in
related fields. The series will focus on emerging needs in the risk reduction
field, starting from climate change adaptation, urban ecosystem, coastal risk
reduction, education for sustainable development, community-based practices,
risk communication, and human security, among other areas. Through academic review, this series will
encourage young researchers and practitioners to analyze field practices and
link them to theory and policies with logic, data, and evidence. In this way, the series will emphasize
evidence-based risk reduction methods, approaches, and practices.